if it off-load on vertical, then it is same as putting load on a sled and pulling it. I remember dragging concrete pole on the ground with rope & timber-knot, I wouldn't need to carry it up on my back.
That's pretty much it. But there is also a nuance. The load on a person shifts his center of gravity upward, which makes it difficult to maintain balance when, for example, a person sways on his back. Therefore, although the frame can support much more weight, you should still not walk with too much load. You may lose your balance and fall.
Hi there. I really like the bonus at the end ;) By the way - what's Your opinion on it being mass produced? Is this design even simple enough to make it cheapely mass produced? (taking in account that it's made aout of titanium that isn't as cheap as steel or aluminum) Keep up the good engingeering work! Best wishes!
Glad you liked it:-) It can be made of steel. For example, the black variation of Mark-8, which was shown in the bonus, is steel. And the variation of Mark-8, which is made of white metal, is titanium. I just wanted to try making it out of titanium - it's a new experience. And it is lighter than steel, and for an exoskeleton, weight is crucial. In principle, if desired, it is possible to organize mass production. Still, this set of metal sticks is much simpler than some car engine, which are easily mass-produced in factories.
This is the fourth part of the video about this exoskeleton. In the second part of the video there is more material on using heavy armor on it. At least the one we had available. Of course, the same shin guards were sorely missing, but alas, we couldn’t get them. However, even here at the end you can see a plate carrier with additional hip armor
@@Xone83 yeah it's pretty cool you should get some steel plates to cover more of the body and steel has better multi hit protection as well which leans more into that walking tank like idea against small arms fire and some rifle rounds.
@@TimothyMark7 The frame itself uses titanium, so I thought about titanium plates. They are lighter than steel. But that would mean I would have to make the armor myself. And the exoskeleton needed to be optimized for regular bulletproof vests.
@@TimothyMark7 Do you mean it's harder to attach to the frame? No, it makes no difference. In any case, everything will be implemented in fabric covers. And it doesn't matter what you put in them - titanium or steel. You can't weld a steel plate to the frame either - this will worsen its properties, and its disassemblability will suffer. And drilling it and attaching it with bolts is also not always possible. Plus, mobility will suffer from this.
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if it off-load on vertical, then it is same as putting load on a sled and pulling it. I remember dragging concrete pole on the ground with rope & timber-knot, I wouldn't need to carry it up on my back.
That's pretty much it. But there is also a nuance. The load on a person shifts his center of gravity upward, which makes it difficult to maintain balance when, for example, a person sways on his back. Therefore, although the frame can support much more weight, you should still not walk with too much load. You may lose your balance and fall.
Hi there. I really like the bonus at the end ;)
By the way - what's Your opinion on it being mass produced? Is this design even simple enough to make it cheapely mass produced? (taking in account that it's made aout of titanium that isn't as cheap as steel or aluminum)
Keep up the good engingeering work! Best wishes!
Glad you liked it:-) It can be made of steel. For example, the black variation of Mark-8, which was shown in the bonus, is steel. And the variation of Mark-8, which is made of white metal, is titanium. I just wanted to try making it out of titanium - it's a new experience. And it is lighter than steel, and for an exoskeleton, weight is crucial. In principle, if desired, it is possible to organize mass production. Still, this set of metal sticks is much simpler than some car engine, which are easily mass-produced in factories.
you literally built a passive exoskeleton which is amazing strangely mehler made something like that as well but with full a full kit heavy armor rig
This is the fourth part of the video about this exoskeleton. In the second part of the video there is more material on using heavy armor on it. At least the one we had available. Of course, the same shin guards were sorely missing, but alas, we couldn’t get them. However, even here at the end you can see a plate carrier with additional hip armor
@@Xone83 yeah it's pretty cool you should get some steel plates to cover more of the body and steel has better multi hit protection as well which leans more into that walking tank like idea against small arms fire and some rifle rounds.
@@TimothyMark7 The frame itself uses titanium, so I thought about titanium plates. They are lighter than steel. But that would mean I would have to make the armor myself. And the exoskeleton needed to be optimized for regular bulletproof vests.
@@Xone83 yeah I guess you could go with titanium but it's harder to get a hold onto compared to steel that has a bunch of a 6x8 plates you can attach
@@TimothyMark7 Do you mean it's harder to attach to the frame? No, it makes no difference. In any case, everything will be implemented in fabric covers. And it doesn't matter what you put in them - titanium or steel. You can't weld a steel plate to the frame either - this will worsen its properties, and its disassemblability will suffer. And drilling it and attaching it with bolts is also not always possible. Plus, mobility will suffer from this.